Nitram
Reuniting once again after 2019's True History of the Kelly Gang, director Justin Kurzel and writer Shaun Grant depict the days leading up to one of the darkest moments in Australian history: the 1996 massacre in Tasmania's Port Arthur. This tragedy led to an important change in Australia's gun laws. Stars Caleb Landry Jones (Get Out) in a Cannes-winning performance, Essie Davis (The Babadook), Golden Globe-winner Anthony LaPaglia (Lantana) and two-time Academy Award-nominee Judy Davis (The Dressmaker).
2021Rating: M, Violence, offensive language, drug use & content that may disturb111 minsAustralia
CrimeTrue Story & Biography
- Director:
- Justin Kurzel ('Macbeth (2015)', 'True History of the Kelly Gang', 'The Snowtown Murders')
- Writer:
- Shaun Grant
- Cast:
- Caleb Landry JonesJudy DavisEssie DavisAnthony LaPaglia
Nitram | Awards
Best Actor (Caleb Landry Jones), Cannes 2021
Nitram | Reviews
89%35 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® Score
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Hollywood Reporter
Nitram is an uncommonly tough, taxing film with an aftershock that's hard to shake.
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Daily Telegraph
Kurzel has gone about this task with blazing moral integrity, seeking to explain the apparently inexplicable in human terms.
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Little White Lies
(Nitram's) sympathies seem strangely weighted in favour of a man who showed none to the people he murdered.
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The Guardian
Another extraordinary achievement from Kurzel, who has a penchant for evoking gut-sinking emotional atmosphere.
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Sydney Morning Herald
As a portrait of a family where love is not enough, it achieves high potency, without crossing into the difficult terrain of begging for sympathy.
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The Australian
The film moves inexorably to an ending that is both totally chilling and understated.
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